Community engagement and integrated health and polio immunisation campaigns in conflict-affected areas of Pakistan: a cluster randomised controlled trial

• Main Authors: Muhammad Atif Habib, MPH (Author), Sajid Soofi, FCPS (Author), Prof Simon Cousens, DipMathStat (Author), Saeed Anwar, MPH (Author), Najib ul Haque, FRCP (Author), Prof Imran Ahmed, MSc (Author), Noshad Ali, MPH (Author), Rehman Tahir, MBA (Author), Prof Zulfiqar A Bhutta, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Pakistan faces huge challenges in eradicating polio due to widespread poliovirus transmission and security challenges. Innovative interventions are urgently needed to strengthen community buy-in, to increase the coverage of oral polio vaccine (OPV) and other routine immunisations, and to...